Entry № 8544 · Arabic origin

Rasha Rasha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ RAH-shah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Young gazelle"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "young gazelle".

Rasha (رشا) is the Arabic word for a young gazelle — an animal associated in Arabic poetry with grace and gentleness.

Rasha is widely used across the Arab world.

Young gazelle. The Arabic grace.

The name in its native script.

رشا
Transliteration
Rashā
Pronunciation
/ ˈrɑː.ʃə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rasha stands.

Rasha does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Rashas before her.

Real people
Rasha Mahdi
Egyptian TV presenter.
born 1973
In fiction
Rasha
Common in Arabic fiction.

Names connected to Rasha.

The number behind Rasha.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rasha reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.